Red Rising by Pierce Brown

Darrow is a miner and a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he digs all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of the planet livable for future generations. Darrow has never seen the sky.

Yet he spends his life willingly, knowing that his blood and sweat will one day result in a better future for his children.

But Darrow and his kind have been betrayed. Soon he discovers that humanity already reached the surface generations ago. Vast cities and sprawling parks spread across the planet. Darrow and Reds like him are nothing more than slaves to a decadent ruling class.

Inspired by a longing for justice, and driven by the memory of lost love, Darrow joins a resistance group in order to infiltrate the ruling class and destroy society from within. He will stop at nothing to bring down his enemies... even if it means he has to become one of them to do so.

Words cannot describe how PUMPED UP I am for this book! February 18th 2014?! The wait is excruciating when there are so many 5 star ARC reviews popping up everywhere already. Don't believe me? Check out these awesomereviews and I dare you to tell me that you aren't excited for this book too after reading them!

*awkward silence*

Heh, thought so.

Add this to your to-read lists as Red Rising is THE dystopian book to look out for next year. I'm in love with the blurb and the cover also looks pretty damn epic. As further evidence of my anticipation, I've even pre-ordered the hardcover version (for those who don't know me, I RARELY buy hardcovers since I'm too stingy and 95% of titles printed in Australia are only in paperback form anyway).

230 days left until the release date? Yeah, it's not like I'm anxiously waiting or anything...

Sounds interesting, I wonder how he's going to join the ruling class - if he suckers some girl into marrying him that would SUCK. Hmm... shall have to read those reviews. Cool pick! I haven't heard of this title before.

Interesting theory, never actually thought of that haha! Ah yes, I deeply respect those two reviewers and they definitely don't give out 5 star reviews easily. I'm glad that this book has come under your radar then even though its release date is 7 months away :(

I agree that there is a massive influx of dystopian novels in the last few years thanks to the Hunger Games, so the market is saturated with them! However I'm sure Red Rising is definitely worth reading haha, thanks for stopping by! :)

This one sounds so good! I'm definitely going to have to check it out. Thanks for bringing this one to my attention, it's definitely at the top of my to buy pile now. :DKrystianna @ Downright Dystopian

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